Merge tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
 "Numerous fixes, the overdue removal of the i2o docs, some new Chinese
  translations, and, hopefully, the README fix that will end the flow of
  identical patches to that file"

* tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: (34 commits)
  Documentation/memcg: update memcg/kmem status
  Documentation: blackfin: Makefile: Typo building issue
  Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt: correct location of page-types tool
  Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: typo fix
  doc: Add guest_nice column to example output of `cat /proc/stat'
  Documentation/kernel-parameters: Move "eagerfpu" to its right place
  Documentation: gpio: Update ACPI part of the document to mention _DSD
  docs/completion.txt: Various tweaks and corrections
  doc: completion: context, scope and language fixes
  Documentation:Update Documentation/zh_CN/arm64/memory.txt
  Documentation:Update Documentation/zh_CN/arm64/booting.txt
  Documentation: Chinese translation of arm64/legacy_instructions.txt
  DocBook media: fix broken EIA hyperlink
  Documentation: tweak the maintainers entry
  README: Change gzip/bzip2 to xz compression format
  README: Update version number reference
  doc:pci: Fix typo in Documentation/PCI
  Documentation: drm: Use '->' when describing access through pointers.
  Documentation: Remove mentioning of block barriers
  Documentation/email-clients.txt: Fix one grammar mistake, add extra info about TB
  ...

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/arm/README b/Documentation/arm/README
index aea34095cdcf..9d1e5b2c92e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm/README
+++ b/Documentation/arm/README
@@ -185,13 +185,20 @@ Kernel entry (head.S)
   board devices are used, or the device is setup, and provides that
   machine specific "personality."
 
-  This fine-grained machine specific selection is controlled by the machine
-  type ID, which acts both as a run-time and a compile-time code selection
-  method.
+  For platforms that support device tree (DT), the machine selection is
+  controlled at runtime by passing the device tree blob to the kernel.  At
+  compile-time, support for the machine type must be selected.  This allows for
+  a single multiplatform kernel build to be used for several machine types.
 
-  You can register a new machine via the web site at:
+  For platforms that do not use device tree, this machine selection is
+  controlled by the machine type ID, which acts both as a run-time and a
+  compile-time code selection method.  You can register a new machine via the
+  web site at:
 
     <http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/>
 
+  Note: Please do not register a machine type for DT-only platforms.  If your
+  platform is DT-only, you do not need a registered machine type.
+
 ---
 Russell King (15/03/2004)